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 [[File:Athena-2.png|alt=|left|thumb|160x160px|Athena, godess of wisdom]]
-[[File:Thinker-2.png|left|alt=|thumb|Rodin's thinker]]''Critical thinking'' implies the adoption of principles that are effective when addressing  situations of complex uncertainty, i.e. situations that may involve: competing goals; high levels of risk; technical, environmental and societal issues.
+[[File:Thinker-2.png|left|alt=|thumb|Rodin's thinker]]Critical thinking is directed towards achieving satisfactory outcomes by: (a) posing and responding to reflective questions, (b) seeking to avoid preconceptions and bias and (c) adopting guiding principles that support the achievement of the outcomes.
-It is concerned with ''ethos'' i.e. the principles that guide actions.
 Critical thinkers discipline their minds to reduce the risk of unsatisfactory outcomes.